RE: [PHP] IDE

-----Original Message----- From: William Betts [mailto:digital.lists@gmail.com] Sent: 16 November 2007 05:13 To: arno@dotcontent.net Cc: David Giragosian; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] IDE Have you ever used Zend Studio? If so how does it compare to PhpED? --------------------------- I've tried Zend Studio a few times, but I certainly can't say I'm familiar with it enough to give any real comparison. I looked at the Zend tools pretty closely 4 years ago, and quite superficially a couple of times since then. I found ZS slow and cumbersome, and not very intuitive (probably due to unfamiliarity more than anything else). I'm sure each has it's strengths and weaknesses. I decided on PhpED because (a) it was fast and intuitive and I felt comfortable with it straight away, coming from c dev background using IBM dev tools, (b) it had everything I expected in an IDE and more, (c) the response from NuSphere and the forums was quick, (d) it was much cheaper than ZS. Since making the choice I find PhpED very stable, and the updates are frequent with real useful new features and functionality. The latest version has a feature I requested a few months ago so the developers are generally good at listening to feedback and requests. And the debugger is excellent. PhpED is the single most important dev tool I have and well worth the investment, and I'm not sure the extra cost for ZS would have given me any extra value. But I'm sure there are many ZS users who would disagree. Best advice is do what I did - download both trial versions and give them a thorough test yourself. What you feel comfortable with is likely different to what I feel comfortable with. Arno